Strategic Fixed Income Investing An Insider's Perspective on Bond Markets, Analysis, and Portfolio Management

Build a fixed income portfolio that will weather volatility and instability

Designing a fixed income portfolio is an essential skill of any investment manager or advisor. This book outlines the critical components to successfully navigate through stable and turbulent markets, using real-life lessons from a seasoned institutional asset manager. The first section includes commentary on the changing fixed income market and overall economy, while the second section outlines the processes to navigate these ever-evolving markets including portfolio construction, the Federal Reserve, credit analysis and trade execution. Ladder Methodology is highlighted and the book discusses its pros and cons, gives examples of both well-constructed and poorly executed laddered bond portfolios and offers alternatives to traditional asset classes.
* Benefit from lessons learned, providing real life examples of market scenarios and trades
* Prepare fixed income portfolios that can weather any storm
* Written by Sean P. Simko, an expert on fixed income investing, who shares his investing experiences from the past 16 years
* Outlines the key principles of the Ladder strategy

From strategy to execution, Strategic Fixed Income Investing offers the road map to help investment managers prepare portfolios that will insulate investments against adverse market conditions.

Fixed income is traditionally dismissed as the less interesting, less fruitful investment. This is not the truth, but the perception of institutional money managers. This book, Fixed Income Portfolio Design, is to help institutional investors benefit from the lessons one asset manager has learned on how to better dissect the markets and prepare themselves and their portfolio against whatever may lie ahead. SEI is a leading global provider of asset management, investment processing, and investment operations solutions for institutional and personal wealth management. They help private banks, investment advisors, investment managers, institutional investors and affluent individuals create and manage wealth.

Build a fixed income portfolio that will weather volatility and instability Designing a fixed income portfolio is an essential skill of any investment manager or advisor. This book outlines the critical components to successfully navigate through stable and turbulent markets, using real-life lessons from a seasoned institutional asset manager. The first section includes commentary on the changing fixed income market and overall economy, while the second section outlines the processes to navigate these ever-evolving markets including portfolio construction, the Federal Reserve, credit analysis and trade execution. Ladder Methodology is highlighted and the book discusses its pros and cons, gives examples of both well-constructed and poorly executed laddered bond portfolios and offers alternatives to traditional asset classes. Benefit from lessons learned, providing real life examples of market scenarios and trades Prepare fixed income portfolios that can weather any storm Written by Sean P. Simko, an expert on fixed income investing, who shares his investing experiences from the past 16 years Outlines the key principles of the Ladder strategy From strategy to execution, Strategic Fixed Income Investing offers the road map to help investment managers prepare portfolios that will insulate investments against adverse market conditions.